Wrocław remembers Great Flood of 1997

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Paweł Kononczuk
13.07.2017 15:13

Wrocław remembers Great Flood of 1997

Twenty years ago southern Poland suffered catastrophic flooding that became known as the Great Flood, a calamity which also ravaged parts of the Czech Republic and Germany, and claimed about a hundred lives.

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Wrocław artists are remembering the flood of 1997 in their own special way.

Marcin Misiura from the Ad Spectatores theatre tells Elżbieta Krajewska about a play focusing on the Great Flood being staged this weekend on Słodowa Island -- right in the middle of the River Odra, which caused so much damage to the city, but also brought local people together in a heroic struggle against the elements.